Min continued: “Number five: the U.S. doesn’t have a plan."
(To give an idea of what Min might be talking about, take a look at this little ditty from my husband's Chinese news feed: China's 13th 5-Year Planning Session. Be sure to press the arrow and watch the video...there might be a delay before the song begins.)
"We tend to be reactive rather than pro-active," said Min. "People have just been enjoying the life. Today, of the 100 people who come to study in the U.S., fifty go back to China. Maybe ten years later, all of them will go back. The U.S. needs to ask itself, ‘How can we attract the best people to stay here?’
“It’s just a matter of time—a matter of time before the whole world is going to be changed. If you look at it GDP-wise, growth wise, the world is going to be rearranged. It has to be. There’s no choice. So how are we going to have new thinking to make a more peaceful world together? That’s the challenge. How can we have less war? Less terror?
“I think, fundamentally, we need to understand each other better. For example, when you go to China before and compare to now, you probably got a shock. A lot of things are so much different. China grows so much. If more people understand certain things, they can understand each other better. So, in the future, when there’s a conflict, at least we can elect the good leaders because people have more understanding.”
“What I’m saying is that we need to respect people. After the fundamental of getting a good leader, getting people educated, we need to understand each other, we need to be more rational, we need to move together to make a better world. More collaboration instead of, ‘I help you to create a conflict for my own benefit.’ I think in the long term the whole world will move in a good direction when we understand each other. People will know what to expect.”
(…to be continued. Next--and final post--for Interview One: What Chinese Wish the Carsons and Trumps of the World Understood.)
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“It’s just a matter of time—a matter of time before the whole world is going to be changed. If you look at it GDP-wise, growth wise, the world is going to be rearranged. It has to be. There’s no choice. So how are we going to have new thinking to make a more peaceful world together? That’s the challenge. How can we have less war? Less terror?
“I think, fundamentally, we need to understand each other better. For example, when you go to China before and compare to now, you probably got a shock. A lot of things are so much different. China grows so much. If more people understand certain things, they can understand each other better. So, in the future, when there’s a conflict, at least we can elect the good leaders because people have more understanding.”
“What I’m saying is that we need to respect people. After the fundamental of getting a good leader, getting people educated, we need to understand each other, we need to be more rational, we need to move together to make a better world. More collaboration instead of, ‘I help you to create a conflict for my own benefit.’ I think in the long term the whole world will move in a good direction when we understand each other. People will know what to expect.”
(…to be continued. Next--and final post--for Interview One: What Chinese Wish the Carsons and Trumps of the World Understood.)
Please add your voice to the discussion by leaving your comments below.
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